Merkel – foreign correspondents’ impressions
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Vienna, September 29, 2021
by Edward Steen, Sec-Gen
Deutsche Welle has made an excellent documentary about the epic career of Angela Markel, whom I met soon...
Trolling – it’s mostly about money and spite
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Vienna, September 26, 2021
by Edward Steen, Secretary-General
Trolling is about political manipulation. Troll-farms in North Macedonia and elsewhere serve, or served, both Trump and Vladimir...
In the thick of it – journalists in Afghanistan
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Kabul/ Vienna. September 22, 2021 (links updated 03/10/21)
Fearing for their lives, 100 colleagues and media workers communicate frenetically in a WhatsApp group about how...
Rupe swoops to create UK version of Fox News
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London and Vienna, September 17, 2021
by Edward Steen, Secretary-General
Like the most virulent weed in the journalistic jungle, the Australian-American media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 90,...
Afghanistan – a new dark night in history?
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Rome, September 11, 2021
by Dr Roberto Sciarrone
The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 marked a profound 'rupture of civilisation' - wrote Jean...
Roberto Sciarrone – September 11, 20 years on (ENG)
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Beginning of a new dark night in world history?
by Roberto Sciarrone
The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 marked a profound 'rupture of...
Roberto Sciarrone – September 11, 20 years on (in Italian)
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11 settembre, vent’anni dopo. La storia è cambiata?
In Afghanistan le “chiavi” della supremazia mondiale
La caduta del muro di Berlino, nel novembre del 1989, ha...
EU needs proper powers to protect media – AEJ
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London/ Brussels. September 16, 2021
by William Horsley, AEJ Media Press Freedom Representative
For years the European Commission has been criticized for inaction in the face...
Surviving 50 years of spoofs, exposés, and libel actions
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Vienna/ London. September 13, 2021
by Edward Steen, Sec-Gen
The satirical London publication Private Eye, on the eve of celebrating (along with the AEJ) its half-century,...
11 settembre, vent’anni dopo. La storia è cambiata?
In Afghanistan le “chiavi” della supremazia mondiale
Di Roberto Sciarone*
La caduta del muro di Berlino, nel novembre del 1989, ha segnato una profonda “rottura di...